Update on VSEP for Ex-Caroni Workers

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The Ministry of Land and Marine Resources is committed to honouring the Government’spromise to deliver to the former employees of Caroni (1975) Limited, all Residential Lotsand Agricultural Plots, as part of their Voluntary Separation of Employment Package(VSEP).

To date, 3,062 Leases to two-acre Agricultural Plots and 3,097 Deeds to Residential Lotshave been executed. At present, 1,764 Residential Lots have been distributed with a further 1,333 to be distributed shortly.

Fifteen (15) Residential sites were prepared and subsequently handed over to Caroni (1975)Limited for processing and distribution. Additionally, fourteen (14) sites are currently beingprepared by the Estate Management & Business Development Company (EMBD) to be handed over for distribution.

The EMBD has provided the following status on sites still to be handed over:-

Ex-Caroni workers can feel confident they will receive all the lands promised to them underthe VSEP.All outstanding leases for lots which are at various stages of the execution process, will be delivered before the middle of 2015.